Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:51:38 +0000 From: Chris Hodgins <chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Java Message-ID: <4234537A.2000907@cis.strath.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <2310080683.20050313142102@wanadoo.fr> References: <BAY101-F16D27D5E872D7090C8B17BD7550@phx.gbl> <2310080683.20050313142102@wanadoo.fr>
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Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Rhys Campbell writes: > > >>I have an application written in Java that I am thinking about deploying on >>FreeBSD. I am considering FreeBSD because of its reputation for stability >>and performance. The only concern I have is the port of Java on this system. >>I am a newcomer to FreeBSD (a few days in fact) so I just wanted to know >>what is the stability / reliability of the Java implementation? Are there >>many known problems etc. > > > Why not just write it in C or some other compiled language, and > eliminate the variable of a Java interpreter (while improving > performance greatly to boot)? > This is a pretty silly comment. If he has written it in Java then porting it to C is probably not going to be trivial. On the performance side, Java's performance is actually pretty good. This is an article on Java vs various other languages. It is a 2003 article so I would imagine things are even better nowadays. http://www.idiom.com/~zilla/Computer/javaCbenchmark.html Chris
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